Possibilities of Using Silicate Rock Powder: an Overview
GSF-101185; No of Pages 11 Geoscience Frontiers xxx (xxxx) xxx Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Geoscience Frontiers journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/gsf Research Paper Possibilities of using silicate rock powder: An overview Claudete Gindri Ramos a,⁎, James C. Hower c,d, Erika Blanco a, Marcos Leandro Silva Oliveira a,b, Suzi Huff Theodoro e a Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Universidad de la Costa, Calle 58 #55-66, Barranquilla, Colombia b Departamento de Ingeniería Civil y Arquitectura, Universidad de Lima, Avenida Javier Prado Este 4600, Santiago de Surco 1503, Peru c Center for Applied Energy Research, University of Kentucky, 2540 Research Park Drive, Lexington, KY 40511, USA d Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40511, USA e Postgraduate Program of Environment and Rural Development (PPG-MADER), Área Universitária, 01, Vila Nossa Senhora de Fátima – Campus UnB, Planaltina, DF, Brazil article info abstract Article history: This study evaluates the on use of crushed rocks (remineralizers) to increase soil fertility levels and which con- Received 15 October 2020 tributed to increase agricultural productivity, recovery of degraded areas, decontamination of water, and carbon Received in revised form 15 February 2021 sequestration. The use of these geological materials is part of the assumptions of rock technology and, indirectly, Accepted 28 February 2021 facilitates the achievement of sustainable development goals related to soil management, climate change, and the Available online xxxx preservation of water resources. Research over the past 50 years on silicate rocks focused on soil fertility manage- Handling editor: Lily Wang ment and agricultural productivity.
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